dog eating chocolate
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bobjs
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David.
are these dog not into quasons and cheese.
hope he's ok bud, nice looking dog by the way.
bob.
Bob this ones into anything he can get his mouth round (that includes the 9 year old Lhasa apso lol)
Yeah he's a cracker to think someone didn't wasn't him at 7weeks when we took him in, only thing is he stole the place of my deer dog but couldn't let him go. Work on a new pup next year for deer
David
Yeah he's a cracker to think someone didn't wasn't him at 7weeks when we took him in, only thing is he stole the place of my deer dog but couldn't let him go. Work on a new pup next year for deer
David
timbrayford
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We had a spaniel eat an easter egg with no ill effect-apart from a sqwauking child! As others have said cheaper kinds of chocolate are mainly margarine & flavouring. What is a huge danger to dogs are spent cocoa hulls that used to be sold by garden centres as mulch, avoid your dog eating this stuff at all costs. atb Tim
The tramp
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another big no-no that is common in the festive period is grapes, either as grapes or currants. A little dog could eat loads, a big dog little, there seems to be no way of telling how much tolerance each dog has, so think twice before giving mince pies, crimbo cake and the like
Pete
bambislayer
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Old terrier once demolished 7 Easter eggs, to no ill effect, he made it to 16 yrs. However, as a rule, I don't give dogs chocolate after reading it was toxic. Too big a gamble.
nuttyspaniel
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Ive just made the chocolate sauce for the xmas pud. As i was bashing it up 1 packet exploded and 85% dark choclate hit the floor. Well the dog left her spot on the mat and met most of it on the way down. It isnt the 1st and wont be the last. Dont worry all will be OK. I suppose it's like everything is bad if it's in great amounts either for dogs or us..
Nutty
It's not a gamble - it's like a drug - take too much and you will get side effects. Theobromine is actually toxic to people and medics do get cases from time to time of toxicity in people (little old ladies with a taste for dark chocolate at Christmas time, apparently).
By saying in this case 'not to worry' doesn't mean anyone is sending out the message that chocolate is safe for dogs. It's all down to type and amount. I have seen dogs with nasty seizures due to chocolate (theobromine) intoxication - it is not something to take lightly, especially with good quality dark chocolate. 100g of really good 85% coca could give a Labrador vomiting and diarrhoea and kill a Jack Russell. The saving grace is often they eat the wrapper and foil and that can irritate the stomach and make them vomit.
deerwarden
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Bit of sanity needed here, the posts saying my dogs weren't affected as opposed to the professional vets whom have seen what I initially said could be a problem, I can remember years ago people were giving working dogs mars bars etc halfway through the day for energy boosts, now I believe its cheap tins of salmon with loads of skin in it that is favoured as an energy boost for working dogs. Certainly won't be giving my best mate any chocolate of any kind as a treat. deerwarden
pg2008
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We have a springer who has a chocolate addiction, to be honest he could be used to sniff it out now.. He seem to be the master chocolate stealer in our house, never had any ill effects, but it is like a drug they really get supper hyper on it, it usually when the wife go out and fails to close the door or leaves it on the side.. Then I get blamed that my f&#king dog has eaten her chocolate again.. Think I need to train the wife not the dog...
My old Cocker who was Diabetic and on Insulin twice daily stole and ate a huge box of Flumps (marshmallow). Spent a night at the Vet having his sugar levels monitered after all that lot.
Spent a fortune on that dog. My Vet bought a new 7 series BMW not long after he became Diabetic and i cant help but think the two were somehow connected.
Yorkie.
Spent a fortune on that dog. My Vet bought a new 7 series BMW not long after he became Diabetic and i cant help but think the two were somehow connected
.Yorkie.
ulverstonbabe
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I think it depends on the cocoa content, usually the kind of chocolates that Santa's are made out of are quite low %
Double four
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Thats frightning, i used to do a lot of picking up and gave my hard worked springers and labs a mars bar each at lunch time to perk them up.
Never knew it was dangerous, i did hear that if your dog ate of certain types of chewing gum it could have fatal results ?
Never knew it was dangerous, i did hear that if your dog ate of certain types of chewing gum it could have fatal results ?
Not that long ago a well known vet recommended feeding mars bars to working dogs especially in aid of a collapse
wot else would you recommend to carry incase of such a situ arising for the doggy med box
incase the mars bar had been eaten
waterford103
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Our black lab "discovered " a box of Dairy Milk choccies while we were out one day ,the first sign of trouble when we returned with the hour was the appallins smel followed by the stream of diarrhoea from the living room to his bed . Didn't cure him though , he was addicted to chocolate thereafter.
There are also the energy gels that runners use in marathons. Less likely to be snaffled by someone with the munchies. Like Apache I take some dried food with me on a long day on the hill. I've also given a Mars to a previous dog that effectively hit the wall.
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